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"My
wife hated this book. Whenever I was reading it she got no peace.
I was either laughing out loud, exclaiming about some incident or
demanding that she read a page. While fly fishermen will get an
extra kick out of the story, non anglers will also enjoy. "When is the last time you read a book from cover to cover in one day? I did . . . Fishing Passion is a 'must read'. . . ." -Marty Malin, The Wildlife Report "...My favorite parts of this good read happen early and late in the book and there are little gems of storytelling in between...Chapralis's autobiography wends its way pleasantly through destinations and unusual people and stops along the way to admire the likes of Charles Ritz, Lee Wulff, and A. J. McClane and Winston Moore. It ends up, probably as it should, at Le Shack, a Wisconsin hideaway where the author continues to contemplate an angler's life and seek a giant trout that eluded him one late summer's night..." -Tom Helgeson, Editor/Publisher, MIDWEST FLY FISHING magazine "Crisply,
readers are transported through six decades. It is 1940, 1955, 1960,
1998 ... it flows seamlessly, like the stories, in a vibrant montage
of angling adventure. "...Comparing the attraction and act of fishing to the condition and experience of romantic love, as well as deftly capturing the passions of the sport in anecdotes, dreams, memorable personal experiences and communions with nature, Fishing Passion was written by an angler, for anglers everywhere, as it vividly communicates the true joy of a beloved and lifelong pastime..." -THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW "If you can only buy or receive one book for Christmas this year, this should be it. Every once in a long while a book comes along that reaches far beyond the "been there, done that" genre of so many autobiographical works, and this tome is one of those. ". . . Fishing Passion is a work of love: a love of people, of fishing, and of life. In its pages you will be entertained, informed, angered and, above all, convinced the author's passionate affair with angling is genuine, sincere and worth the telling." -King Montgomery, VIRGINIA SPORTSMAN "...A
lot of fishing and hunting books cross my desk. Some are good, a
few are exceptional, and some evoke yawns. 'Fishing Passion' (AnglingMatters
Press), is one of those books that is exceptional. 'Fishing Passion'
is not so much about the giant tarpon and marlin taken by Jim's
customers, but rather about the people Chapralis encountered during
his five decades of involvement with the sport. Like many who grew
up in Chicago's neighborhoods, Jim boarded the streetcars and buses
with his cane pole and bait to catch perch from various lakefront
spots. But it wasn't until he was in the US Army that he discovered
the untapped fishing resources in Europe. "It [FISHING PASSION] is going to be a best selling fishing book. It is not a book on fishing, it is a book about the life of fishing . . . " -Charlie Potter, THE GREAT OUTDOORS, WGN superstation, Dec. 29, 2001 "Any angler who knows there is a great deal more to fishing than simply catching fish will love FISHING PASSION. . ." -Bob Stearns, Contributing Editor, FIELD & STREAM " . . . the Jim Chapralis odyssey takes you to fascinating places and his experiences and the people you meet along the way will capture your interest from beginning to end." -Stu Apte "Driven by his passion for sportfishing, Jim has lived an extraordinary life. These well-told stories let us live it, too." -Joan Wulff "Chapralis has been both pond fisherman and adventurer and managed to live the angler's fantasy of making fishing both his hobby and career." -Lew Freedman, CHICAGO TRIBUNE " . . . I was so absorbed I read every line. I bet you will be, also!" -Homer Circle, Angling Editor, SPORTS AFIELD "Jim
puts you in the front seat of his time capsule. . . FISHING PASSION
takes you on a whirlwind trip through the decades as he uncovers
many exotic fishing destinations in an endless series of adventures.
You'll meet many fascinating, unforgettable characters in this fast-paced
book." -Bill Cullerton, co-founder of FLY FISHERMAN
magazine "The
Dedication is a delight in itself -he lists all the major fish by
name and says, 'and all the other wonderful species of fish, for
the countless hours of pleasure (and frustration) they've provided
us, and if it were not for them, our wonderful world of angling
would not exist.' "A
great addition to your library is Jim C. Chapralis' book, 'Fishing
Passion-a lifelong love affair with angling'... "...You'll
love Fishing Passion by Jim Chapralis. . . It is a wonderful book.
. ." -Stephen Sloan, THE FISHING ZONE, (hour-long interview
on TALK AMERICA network radio. "Jim
Chapralis…has spent an enviable lifetime fishing around the
globe for trout, tarpon, salmon, sailfish, peacock bass and just
about any other species you can thing of. "I
recently found a new book on the market that impressed me. I wish
all outdoor authors presented their works as neatly as Jim Chapralis'
Fishing Passion: A Lifelong Love Affair With Angling. Remarkably,
this fine book is not about how to catch fish, or where to fish;
there are many books that cover these subjects nicely. It's Jim
Chapralis' 60-year journey pursuing his addictive love for fishing…In
Fishing Passion, you'll meet many one-of-a-kind characters from
the 'Pimp' (his boyhood fishing chum) to Charles Ritz, the world
famous French hotelier and superb angler… While humor threads
through many stories in Fishing Passion, there are numerous serious,
thought provoking chapters that underscore the dangers. In the Parismina
Mystery, Chapralis describes the disappearance of two men and their
boat. In the Shocking Adventure, a camp owner returns to Nicaragua
to reclaim his lodge after the Sandinista war, but instead is captured
by young boys armed with guns who are about to kill him. In his
Aging Stinks chapter, the author realizes that he simply can't do
the things he used to, but finds solace in accepting the aging process
and using an older friend as his role model…" -Kenneth
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